Vol. 7, Issue 4, Part F (2021)

Abstract
Violence against women exists in various forms in everyday life in all societies. Women are beaten, mutilated, burned, sexually abused and raped. Such violence is a major obstacle to the achievement of peace and other objectives. Women are raped in all forms of armed conflict, international and internal, whether the conflict is fought primarily on religious, ethnic, political or nationalist grounds or an combination of all these. Despite some legal frameworks the IPC and others, and international laws for the protection of women, this implicit notion-crimes against women-persists'. Women empowerment is still a debatable issue in India. She is still treated as a second class citizen especially in state like Jammu and Kashmir and the reasons are, besides illiteracy, customs, traditions, poverty, ignorance, her own lack of interest and motivation. Her lack of interest in her own empowerment leads to such (governmental) policies, which lack proper insight and direction.